The Venezuelan migrants continued their return trip to Colombia, after the administration of Nicolás Maduro did not give permission for the plane, coming from Panama, to land in Caracas, said the security minister of that country, Frank Ábrego.
A flight with Venezuelan migrants trying to return to their country from Panama was suspended due to lack of authorization from the Venezuelan government, which had initially approved it.
The first direct flight of this type between Panama City and Caracas was to depart on December 22, as announced by the Panamanian president, José Raúl Mulino. The group was made up of between 70 and 100 people who returned voluntarily, after failing in their attempt to reach the United States.
But “unfortunately we were not able to obtain the approval from the Venezuelan authorities at the last minute so that the plane could take off from Panama and land in Caracas,” he told the AFP the Panamanian Minister of Security, Frank Ábrego.
Due to this, the migrants continued the trip to Colombia on their own, the official added, confirming that the flight had been agreed with the Venezuelan consulate in Panama City.
Ábrego indicated that his government seeks to gather a new group of migrants and resume conversations with the Venezuelan authorities to help with their repatriation.
It is a way to “prevent these people from being at risk,” said the minister, mentioning that in recent days a migrant died while returning by sea.
Since 2024, Panama has carried out fifty flights, financed by Washington, with deported migrants to different countries in South America, but the Venezuelans were sent to Colombia because Mulino suspended relations with the administration of Nicolás Maduro.
With information from AFP
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